Best Ryobi Drills

A great Impact Driver...that is all – This is an upgrade to my old Impact driver so to be fair it is a large leap in quality. Old one cost me $7 and just is no longer cutting it for… Read more

larger jobs. Rest of kit is Ryobi now and they have more affordable Impact drivers, but the Auto Feature on this I was interested in. As with all Ryobi any battery will fit in the 18v range and drill is well built and so far I have been loving the ability to do some projects that before I was not able to without borrowing someones more powerful impact driver.

Pros: -The 3 speed settings, certainly gives you more control rather than using the trigger. -Auto mode works well, seems to help with certain fixing types and not stripping them when removing. -Well made, the HP range certainly seems to be one step up on their standard kit. -The 6 year warranty (if registered online)

Cons: -Certainly on heavier side for some -Big drain on battery in use I found on larger job, will vary for all. -Cycle thru modes could be improved, be better if the Auto mode was on its own button.

Some may think $60 more for the speed setting feature and more torque may not be justified, for someone looking for a driver for less intense jobs, that could be true.

A cordless drill/driver that does not disappoint – I've gone through many cordless drill/drivers over the years. All up to now have ended up quite disappointing. Basically they never held a good… Read more

charge and never had the punch to do the job, plus they were all big and bulky to handle. So time for an upgrade. As I have numerous cordless Ryobi garden tools I decided on the small 18v Brushless Ryobi drill/driver. In a nutshell it's compact, well weighted and lightweight, robust and most importantly does not give up. Good high speed for metal and dependable low speed for driving with a selectable clutch.

Keyless chuck is well designed, hand grip is high quality and overall design is top notch. The only improvement I would make is the addition of a bit holder on the base of the drill. Other than that I can't fault the Ryobi drill. It's just a beautiful piece of kit that does the job of larger drills and uses only a small amount of real estate. This tool ranks near the top of my ever growing Ryobi gear.

I do some home and volunteer planting in 'hard country'. I needed a drill with handle to prevent wrist damage when using a soil auger. Used 'in the… Read more

field' with breaks between tree-planting, no problem. Used at home to begin a stump extraction - drilled multiple holes - it overheated, and apparently an override/cut-out came into effect. The smoke did not leak out! - and it worked normally a few hours later and the next day. 85 Newtons is 'barely enough' - I probably should have purchased the next one up ($60 more, though, or 25-35% more expensive, depending how you calculate it). The handle design is 'adequate' - a fairly simple U-clamp, might not stand up to continued heavy use, and hampers the heat-sink. This is the cheapest one you can get 'with a handle' and there's no provision for or ability to make up a clamp for ordinary drills/drivers - any clamping points are either places with switches or conical.

Value for money, though, I'm content, for now.